When does Pantry launch? Soon, on iPhone, with no fixed date yet

Pantry does not have a public launch date yet. The roadmap on Pantry’s changelog page lists the first release, version 1.0, as the launch for iPhone, and marks its window as “Soon”. That is a window, not a ship day, and the page says as much: the windows on it move, and they are not promises. Until then Pantry is on the waitlist, ahead of launch, and the people on that list get founding pricing when it opens.

Is Pantry out yet?

No. The release history on the changelog is empty on purpose, and it stays empty until a real release reaches real phones. A padded changelog would be a promise about software nobody can install. The phone screens on this site show the app as it is being built, not one you can put on your phone tonight.

What arrives at launch

The roadmap splits launch into two cards. The 1.0 card is Pantry itself: the iPhone app, founding pricing for waitlist members, and a free plan that stays free, covering weekly scans, expiry tracking and the morning digest. The Pro card is marked “At launch” as well, and it is the household plan. Up to six people share one pantry on one subscription, with unlimited receipt scans and meal generations, and an afternoon nudge when something is turning.

Pro’s terms are already set. It is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, billed by Apple with seven days free first. The Free vs Pro post lays out where the line falls between the two plans, and six phones, one pantry covers why the household plan is priced per house rather than per phone.

What happens after launch

The third card is labelled “Next”, with a window of “After launch”. It lists better item names off messy Woolies and Coles slips, meals that lean harder on what is about to expire, and whatever the first month of real kitchens says to fix.

That last line is the plainest thing on the page. Receipts are faded, abbreviated and inconsistent, and Pantry does not quote a scanning accuracy figure it cannot show the workings for. You confirm every list after a scan, and fixing a wrong line takes two taps. How Pantry reads a faded receipt walks through that confirm step and why it is the design rather than an apology.

Why there is no date yet

A launch date on a marketing page is a claim, and Pantry would rather publish a window it can keep than a day it might miss. The app does three things that each have to hold up on a Tuesday-night docket from a real kitchen, not a demo receipt. It reads a photographed Australian supermarket receipt. It attaches a CSIRO-grounded expiry window to every line. It puts that list on every phone in the house. The roadmap card changes from “Soon” to a date when there is a date to give.

Will Pantry launch outside Australia?

Australia first. Pantry’s FAQ says the receipt models are trained on Australian receipt data in English, so that is where they work properly. Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, IGA and the corner grocer all go through the same reader, which the supermarket receipts post covers chain by chain. Other countries come later, once Pantry can say the same about their receipts.

Is there an Android version at launch?

No. The 1.0 card names iPhone, and the published roadmap does not list Android. Pantry is an iOS app, per its own FAQ, and this page will not put a date on a version the roadmap does not mention. Is Pantry on Android? covers what that means for Android phones and mixed households.

What to do before launch day

Two things are worth doing now. The first is the habit Pantry is built on: photograph the receipt when the shopping comes in, before it fades in a warm car or folds up in a bag. The second is reading what happens to your receipt photo after Pantry scans it, so there are no surprises on the first scan. The image is deleted about six hours after processing, per Pantry’s privacy policy, and the dated list is what stays.

How to hear first

Join the waitlist. The form asks for an email address and nothing else, and it promises three things in return: beta news, launch news and founding pricing. When the roadmap card changes from “Soon” to a date, the waitlist is where that news goes. The free plan starts on the first receipt you photograph, and founding pricing goes to the people who joined before launch.